Hotel Saul

Guests feel like locals at Hotel Saul, a nostalgic yet youthful boutique hotel in a residential area near Tel Aviv’s top attractions. Hosting snug but sufficiently-sized rooms – with complimentary Netflix – it’s an excellent option for travelling urbanites who are both design- and budget-conscious.

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Location

8/10

The hotel is on a low-key stretch of Tchernikhovski Street, with the bustle of Allenby Street, the popular Carmel Market and the crafts-filled Nachalat Binyamin Market just a five-minute walk away. The nearest beaches are a 15-minute walk. Close to Tel Aviv’s most central neighbourhoods and places-to-be, it’s most suitable for those wanting a neighbourhood feel in their surroundings but still be within earshot of the city action.

Style & character

9/10

The hipster-lite hotel takes its design cues from its former life as an office building built in the Forties. The entrance sees restored street lamps illuminating columns of concrete and wood panelling; this continues on inside the walls of the compact lobby lounge and café – the only public space as of this review – full of Seventies-style furniture in several shades of brown and contemporary bric-a-brac. The resulting look is young, funky and inviting enough to be a neighbourhood staple for nearby residents.

Service & facilities

7/10

My interactions with staff during my one-night stay were short but memorably sweet; everyone I spoke with over the phone and face-to-face exhibited courtesy, professionalism and helpfulness. The hotel is still in its ‘teething’ stages for facilities (it was but a month old during my stay) but there are plans for a fourth-floor ‘work and fun zone’ in September 2018, a unique vending machine dispensing snacks, beach gear and soft and alcohol-based drinks in late 2018 and a rooftop terrace space in 2019.

Each room contains an Espresso machine, electric kettle and, most exciting, an Apple TV-formatted television with Playstation games and complimentary Netflix. Call up the 24-hour room service and they’ll send up a bucket of popcorn while you watch your favourite programmes.

Food & drink

8/10

The hotel’s sole food and beverage option is the lobby-based Barvazi Urban Sandwich, a grab-and-go deli from one of Tel Aviv’s hottest young chefs. For breakfast I ordered the small but delicious B.L.T. on pain de mie bread; other menu choices are more adventurous such as a millet bun stuffed with seaweed, baked kohlrabi, sesame and cucumber. You’ll have to get dinner elsewhere, however, as it closes at 17:00 each day. There are possible plans for a cocktail bar on the still-developing rooftop space.